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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$32,893 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #79 most popular major in the country with 2,576 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for child development students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for child development majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Central Michigan University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Ohio University - Athens Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

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#6

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Notre Dame are $58,662 per year.

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.

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#8

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 10% of our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #9, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Kent State graduate students pay an average of $21,952 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 57
Illinois 91
Ohio 72
Indiana 99
Wisconsin 11

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Other Psychology 2,162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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